CLAW stands for Conservation Leadership Action Workshop. I’ve been struggling with how to blog about this incredible weekend since I got back. I don’t want to rehash each workshop and moment, as if that were even possible, and yet I learned some important lessons I think are worth sharing with all of you. So I’ll [...][Continue Reading...]

That’s a very misleading title! I wholly believe Non Violent Communication has great usefulness to our lives and relationships but there is life beyond the basics. It’s a good life when NVC can become a tool for introspection and helping you get to a place of compassion when dealing with other people. I remember when I [...][Continue Reading...]

Acceptance is a really hard thing. It can take time to truly understand in theory and sometimes a lifetime to perfect in practice. I’m still working on acceptance in a number of different areas in my life but most notably with my partner. I’ve written before about this when I wrote about the book “If Life Is A [...][Continue Reading...]

Leif helped me draw names from a hat this morning for the NVC book giveaway we were doing. There were so many names, it’s seemed wrong to stop at two. I decided to draw two extra names and giveaway my own copies of this booklet. I just hope no one minds getting an older copy. [...][Continue Reading...]

“Jackal” language is an NVC term that refers to critical communication that labels, judges and blames. It’s my opinion that this kind of thinking can have an important place in helping us moving on from difficult feelings and experiences. Jackal language offers us an opportunity to get in touch with the feelings and needs behind [...][Continue Reading...]

These are a couple of my favourite books on parenting. I often recommend them because they are quick reads and yet give you an incredible base for connection type parenting. These books are also excellent books to lend to family and friends new to this type of parenting, and especially great for partners not interested [...][Continue Reading...]